British gold medal hope and reigning Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins has fallen victim to an extreme case of an age-old prank, as his Olympic training kit was stolen from a changing room while he was showering on Sunday.

Wiggins, who will try to win Team GB's first gold medal in the road race time trials on Wednesday, made the discovery at the Foxhills spa in Ottershaw, Surrey, after a post-practice shower and sauna session.

"Watch your kit at the Foxhills spa... there is a tea leaf about," the 32-year-old cyclist initially wrote on Twitter.